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Terrebonne pursues creating local law to control canals, slips

Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:10 a.m.

HOUMA — Local rules for slips and canals may be added to the check list of steps a developer or company has to go through before digging a new waterway in Terrebonne Parish.

The Terrebonne Parish Council is considering establishing local rules covering the construction of manmade canals, which could include restrictions on size, purpose and estimated impact to neighboring land.

The council unanimously agreed Tuesday to ask parish administration to draft up local rules and submit something back to the council in 90 days for further discussion.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Natural Resources already have oversight on slip and canal projects in coastal communities.

But without a clear local rule on slips, the Parish Council voted earlier this month to allow plans to continue being designed for a commercial park and residential subdivision with a slip in Barrios.

Hundreds of Barrios, Mulberry and Lamar residents have voiced concerns about the Hollygrove subdivision and adjacent Concord Business Park, planned between the end of Concord Road and Cougar Drive. Designs show an L-shaped slip, at least 100 feet wide and four football fields long, coming into the land from the Intracoastal Waterway and dividing the residential and commercial property

<p>HOUMA  Local rules for slips and canals may be added to the check list of steps a developer or company has to go through before digging a new waterway in Terrebonne Parish.</p><p>The Terrebonne Parish Council is considering establishing local rules covering the construction of manmade canals, which could include restrictions on size, purpose and estimated impact to neighboring land. </p><p>The council unanimously agreed Tuesday to ask parish administration to draft up local rules and submit something back to the council in 90 days for further discussion.</p><p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Natural Resources already have oversight on slip and canal projects in coastal communities.</p><p>But without a clear local rule on slips, the Parish Council voted earlier this month to allow plans to continue being designed for a commercial park and residential subdivision with a slip in Barrios. </p><p>Hundreds of Barrios, Mulberry and Lamar residents have voiced concerns about the Hollygrove subdivision and adjacent Concord Business Park, planned between the end of Concord Road and Cougar Drive. Designs show an L-shaped slip, at least 100 feet wide and four football fields long, coming into the land from the Intracoastal Waterway and dividing the residential and commercial property</p>